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Daniel of Galicia

Type Figure Region Galicia–Volhynia Time 1201–1264 Also known as Danylo Halytskyi

Daniel of Galicia (1201–1264), most important ruler of the Romanovych dynasty, sole prince after 1238, crowned King of Rus' by papal legate in 1253, …

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  1. 1238–1241Halych · Ivano-Frankivsk OblastAfter his elder brother Andrei and brother Vasily Romanovych fell in the Mongol invasion in 1238, he became the sole heir to the principality; when Batu's western campaign passed through in 1241 the principality suffered greatly, and he fled to Poland before seizing the chance to restore his realm.
  2. 1241–1264Lviv · Lviv OblastBetween 1245 and 1255 he recovered lost Galician lands and built castles; he founded the city of Lviv around 1256; on 17 August 1253 he was crowned King of Rus' by a papal legate, maintaining relative independence under Mongol suzerainty and keeping up diplomacy with Poland, Hungary, and the papacy.

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